"Have We Outgrown God?"

  We seem to be outgrowing God! Man has always done that. Look no more than Israel and their golden calf they made as their god! The mighty hand of God had led them out of their captivity, rescued their lives from misery and here they were, His own people, exchanging their Savior for an idol made from their hands.

  We seem to be outgrowing God! Not us today. We are sophisticated, enlightened and have so much more technology today. We don't worship golden calves, the stars or bow down to a stump. No sir. We have progressed in deeper relationship to God. That's what we want to believe. It makes me wonder if we have created a god in the image of man?

  We seem to be outgrowing God! If we could free those under Communism so they could chose their own destinies, that's what is needed. It happened. Look at those people today. So much deterioration and destruction. Civil war and strife. But what we needed in this country is advancement to end diseases, loneliness and understanding ourselves by loving ourselves in a deeper way. That's our goal. We began our social searches and behavioral patterns. More and more input on how we think and what makes for a good home. These to many have become gods we can control and use. Books fly off the shelf at record rates with something new to  help us cope. They have become gods we can control and use, gods who are predictable, created by brilliant people and completely dependent upon us. These gods even put us at the center of our worship all to make us feel good about ourselves.

  We seem to be outgrowing God! If all the things we call advancement and understanding and they are all so adequate, why are people failing so miserably turning to medications to solve behavioral issues while we feel badly? Why are so many battling loneliness? Why are so many empty without answers and direction? If our modern medicine and approaches to life are so advanced from the nation of Israel past, why are we failing so much in our homes and lives? Why we have created the "after morning" pill to free us! Maybe we need to humble ourselves and seek the only God that we need now and forever knowing He alone is the only answer and hope in a world worshipping idols! And some of those idols are finding their way into the minds and heart of the church!